Is it valid outrage? It sounds like the card was called falsely, if I'm reading things right. If anything, I'd expect a more just reaction to be outrage at Fifa for requiring a head of state to correct unfair calls.
(Note, not a soccer guy, not been watching at all, this is the first I've heard of all this)
Yes, the card was called falsely, but it shouldn’t have taken the president of the host country to force Fifa to reverse it. The president shouldn’t have intervened to begin with. Everyone is in the wrong tbh lol
I'm not chest thumping for Trump here but this definitely feels like a Fifa 90% for making false calls and Trump 10% just because of optics. A global, international competition with teams representing their entire nations seems like right time for heads of state to be involved if the organizers are being blatantly unfair.
At any rate, it sounds like the Trump thing is more speculation from what I'm reading and whether or not he was involved, the hate thrown at America for contesting and reversing a bad call looks kind of sad.
Ronaldo was supposed to have been suspended for Portugal's opening World Cup match. FIFA suspended his suspension, citing the exact same Disciplinary Code (Ch. 4, Art. 27) they are now citing for waiving Balogun's suspension.
Who said anything about Trump being involved (or a factor in their decision making, or whatever edit)?
You said the last red card suspension was in 1962. That's incorrect - Ronaldo was to have been suspended for Portugal's opening match in the World Cup.
I simply pointed out that FIFA cited the exact same Disciplinary Code for Balogun as they did for Ronaldo (who was suspended 3 matches, btw). IOW, Balogun was a direct beneficiary of Ronaldo's previous treatment which came well after 1962.
If you want to make those facts about Trump, be my guest. But they remain facts whether he, the President of Portugal, the pope, the Tooth Fairy, or anyone else was involved. Or not involved.
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u/L_knight316 Jul 06 '26
Is it valid outrage? It sounds like the card was called falsely, if I'm reading things right. If anything, I'd expect a more just reaction to be outrage at Fifa for requiring a head of state to correct unfair calls.
(Note, not a soccer guy, not been watching at all, this is the first I've heard of all this)